sollicitus

I was Army. No job in the govt is bragging rights. Not even at the VA.

You seem to know your local areas laws, that is all you need to know to work there I guess. A lot of what I refer to is laws from what I suspect are other areas. Lawyers have to take an exam called the MPRE. That is where I get most of my practice ethics that may seem odd to you (including the idea that paralegals shouldn't run their own companies even if their clients are lawyers) I know there is no license required for paralegals, and the few nonrequired you seem to plan to take but take the MPRE too. It will help you understand what lawyers think and are required to do and not do. Most areas allow anyone to sit it (even paralegals) and if you pass it that would look good on a resume since most never will even attempt it. Trust me though, you should at least read the prep books. It will help.

And therein lies the rub--not everyone's definition of success is the same. So to conclude that anyone who doesn't crack the second tier, should forget about practicing law is just plain stupid. There are many great lawyers and judges who attended law schools that ranked outside of the top 50. Yes, the likelihood of success increases as one moves higher toward the top 14. But success in many ways is a personal decision that's unaffected by outside circumstances.

Yep. Just like one can be "successful" if they win the Special Olympics.

I agree, it was a bit extreme. But, sometimes, that's what you need to get people to understand that they shouldn't go to law school. The admission requirements for Tier 2 schools aren't exactly stringent. Retake the LSAT if you believe you don't belong in a T3 or T4. Stop feeding the law school bubble and don't ask for a bailout when you can't repay your loans.

I challenge anyone on this board to name 15 successful grads (v100 firm, federal judges, diplomats, CEO/Lead Counsel @ Fortune 500, etc.) from each one of these schools.

Funny that 89.2% went to Taft to become attorneys, but only 54.1% of the 47.4% that answered are actually practicing law.

I know a paralegal that was enrolled in one of these online scam schools. Her mind was ABSOLUTELY BLOWN when she discovered that she could never be eligible to practice law in her home state and that the only place she could take the bar was California.